New libraries process

[Simon Peyton-Jones]

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Thanks to those who responded to the message below, about improving the process for developing the core Haskell libraries.  
	http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library_submissions/NewDraft 

Feedback has been broadly positive, with constructive suggestions that we've incorporated in the text.  I suggest that we leave another week for debate and refinement, and (unless there are some substantial new points) adopt the new process from 9 June.  

I hope that's agreeable. (We don't have a process for modifying the process :-)

Simon

| I think there is general agreement that
|  * The library submission process is too daunting, especially because you have to
|    come up with a complete implementation of a proposal before you even know
|    whether it's going to fly.
|  * The process gets stuck because achieving universal consensus is too difficult
|  * The maintainer "libraries at haskell.org" means that no individual feels responsible
|    for making a decision on a proposal.
| 
| What we need is something to put in its place.  Simon and I have been cooking up a
| proposal.  Here it is:
| 
| 	http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library_submissions/NewDraft
| 
| It is aimed just at libraries whose maintainer is listed as libraries at haskell.org.
| (The thousands of other libraries with named maintainers can obviously do whatever
| their maintainer wants, although perhaps this new draft may be useful for them too.)
| 
| It's a draft.  What do you think of it?  Do you think it would be better than the
| status quo?  Can you suggest any improvements?
| 
| ALSO: does anyone (or two or three people) want to volunteer to act as maintainer for
| any of the "Volunteer needed" packages?  Johan, I was thinking you might serve for
| 'containers', perhaps in harness with someone else since it is such a crucial
| package.
| 
| 
| Simon
| 
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